Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy warned that the “soil of Lebanon will burn” if Hezbollah gunmen fire Katyusha rockets at northern Israel to retaliate for the latest Israeli bombing raids. Levy made the comment to a group of foreign diplomats after Prime Minister Ehud Barak met with an inner circle of ministers for three hours to weigh his next move.
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